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Maximum likelihood estimation of sensitive proportion using repeated randomized response techniques

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  • Sayed Mohammad Reza Alavi
  • Mahboobeh Tajodini

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Randomized response techniques are designed to obtain usable data on sensitive issues while protecting the privacy of individuals. In this paper, based on repeating the randomized response technique, a new technique called repeated randomized response is introduced to increase the protection of privacy and efficiency of estimator for proportion of sensitive attribute. By using this technique, the proportion of academic cheating is estimated among students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.

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  • Sayed Mohammad Reza Alavi & Mahboobeh Tajodini, 2016. "Maximum likelihood estimation of sensitive proportion using repeated randomized response techniques," Journal of Applied Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(3), pages 563-571, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:japsta:v:43:y:2016:i:3:p:563-571
    DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2015.1070811
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